There's only one music video that had an emotional impact on me, and that's "Hurt" by Johnny Cash. That's exceptional. There is no music video I can think of apart from that one that really reaches you inside.

My biggest fear always is that I’ll photograph an idea rather than a person, so I try to be quite sensitive to how people are.

My life changed incredibly when I moved from Holland to England.

My way in for photographing people is really their work. I'm always interested in what people make, and then I photograph the person. Sometimes the person is a disappointment. But that's the risk. It informs me a lot about the character of a person if I know their work first.

I've gotten used to not looking too far into the future; it's best when you can begin each day anew.

Photography was the only thing that mattered in my life and I gave it everything.

Sometimes you don't know if your memory is because you really experienced it or because you look at your old pictures. I have a nice picture of myself held up by my grandfather and my father standing next to me. We all have the same name - we're all called Anton Corbijn. That's something I cherish.